Turn
Out The Lights - The Largest U.S. Cities Are Becoming
Cesspools Of Filth, Decay And Wretchedness
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com
http://albertpeia.com/biguscitiescesspoolsoffilthdecaywretchedness.htm
‘Once upon a time, the largest
A recent Bloomberg article
described Mayor Bing's plan to eliminate nearly half
of
Detroit,
whose 139 square miles contain 60 percent fewer residents than in 1950, will
try to nudge them into a smaller living space by eliminating almost half its
streetlights.
As
it is, 40 percent of the 88,000 streetlights are broken and the city, whose
finances are to be overseen by an appointed board, can’t afford to fix them.
Mayor Dave Bing’s plan would create an authority to
borrow $160 million to upgrade and reduce the number of streetlights to 46,000.
Maintenance would be contracted out, saving the city $10 million a year.
What
this means is that there are going to be a lot of neighborhoods that will have
the lights turned off permanently.
So
which neighborhoods will those be?
According
to one top
“You
have to identify those neighborhoods where you want to concentrate your
population,” said Chris Brown,
City
officials know that they cannot force people to move from "distressed
areas", so they are going to encourage them to leave by cutting off
services.
But
turning off the lights is not the only way that
Recently,
officials in
It is
so sad to see what is happening to what was once such a great city.
Back
in the old days,
Today,
53.6% of all children in the city of
Back
in the old days,
Today,
47 percent of all people living in the
city of
Back
in the old days, middle class neighborhoods sprouted like mushrooms all over
Today,
the median price of a home in
Needless
to say, crime is exploding in
Many
have taken justice into their own hands. Justifiable homicide in
But
For
example, a recent article by Jim Quinn entitled "More Than 30 Blocks Of Grey And Decay" described the filth, decay and
wretchedness in
The
real unemployment rate exceeds 50%, murder is the
number one industry, with drugs a close second.
As
you drive down the 30 Blocks of Squalor you meet the ghost of Squalor
future for West Chester Pike. The population along this corridor is
ignorant, dependent, and represents the dregs of our society.
But
this area was once home to middle class families. There were once many
beautiful homes in West Philly, but most of them are now either gone or are
crumbling badly. According to Quinn, the physical decay is matched by the
social decay....
The
once proud homes are in shambles. Bags of garbage dot the landscape. Most of
the people who live here are parasites on society. Personal responsibility,
work ethic, education and marriage are unknown concepts in this community. Even
though more than 50% of the students in West Philly drop out of high
school and the SAT scores of West Philly High students are lower than whale
****, the bankrupt school district spent $70 million to build a new high
school/prison to babysit derelicts and future prison inmates. The
windows do not have steel bars yet, as the architect was smart to put all
windows at least eight feet above street level.
One
of the great things about the article is that Quinn
pointed out how the retail stores in the area reflect the things that the
population of the community truly values....
The
Sadly,
there are communities like this all over the country. As I wrote about recently, the entire state of
Yes,
there are still a few areas where the wealthy play that are absolutely
beautiful. If you stay in the wealthy enclaves you might never even know
that the rest of the state is badly decaying.
There
are really good reasons why millions of people are moving out of
I
am a native Californian ( Im
61) and have lived here all but two years of my life. I can tell you absolutely
that this state is not what it was 30 years ago. Cities like
Throughout
the state, good businesses are shutting down and hard working families are
selling their homes. The void that is being created is being filled by
crime and gangs. The following is a comment that a reader named Roberta
left on that same article....
Yep
we lived in
Perhaps
things are still quite good where you live.
Perhaps
you think that you will be immune from all this.
Sadly,
the truth is that this is just the beginning.
The
When
our debt-fueled prosperity ends, a lot more cities are going to end up looking
just like
America
cannot prosper without middle class jobs, and those
kinds of jobs are rapidly disappearing.
Just
this week HP announced that it is going to lay off 27,000 workers.
We
are losing middle class jobs at a time when we desperately need more of them.
Last
year, 53 percent of all Americans with a bachelor's degree under the
age of 25 were either unemployed or underemployed.
Yet
our politicians continue to pursue the same foolish policies over and over.
So
things are going to continue to get worse and
You
better get ready.
